I read this book called “A Gathering Of Days”. This book takes place during the years 1830-1832. It follows this thirteen year old girl named Catherine Hall‚ who lives a pioneer life and tells in her journal about it. Later in the book she turns fourteen in May. She lives in the state of New Hampshire in Meredith with her father named Charles Hall and her younger sister named Mary Martha. Catherine also has this uncle named Jack who helps the family a lot. Catherine loves making quilts and makes
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Eleventh Street was the longest‚ narrowest‚ and oldest street in the town. It had lots of potholes and rifts. Eleventh Street was a busy street where I spent most of my time. Both sides of the street were lined with stores and restaurants. There were many people walking on the street. There were a lot fun things to do‚ all within walking distance‚ and no matter what time the year‚ the stores were opened to the public‚ except on major holidays. Eleventh Street embodied to most of my childhood.
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Rago October 3‚ 2014 Living on the Street Ann Petry’s novel‚ The Street ‚ was published in 1946. This riveting novel narrates the life of a single mother‚ Lutie Johnson‚ and her struggle of living in poverty on the streets of Harlem. Throughout this novel the theme of motherhood‚ or lack thereof‚ is very prevalent. However; the theme of motherhood does not capture my attention. What interests me is the underlying theme of the profound effect the “Street” has over its inhabitants. This theme captures my attention
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harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance. Victory is the success in a struggle against difficulties or an obstacle. Allegiance‚ revenge‚ and allegiance; these are all three reoccurring themes in Ernest J. Gaines’s novel‚ “A Gathering of Old Men.” This novel takes place in a 1970’s Louisiana plantation where a murder has occurred. The plantation ’s boss‚ Beau Baton‚ has been murdered as the story begins. The actions of each character in the novel open a new world of possibilities
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The book Gathering Blue is the story of a young weaver named Kira who lives in a community. The community is somewhat primitive and does not have running water and people live in cotts made out of brambles and sticks. Kira’s mother dies and Kira has to sit with her at the field per the way they mourn. When she returns to rebuild her cott on her mother’s space‚ another woman with a scar across her face challenges her for the land area. Kira has a foot that drags and has much pain from it. She has
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Zachary Robert Luedders Summer Reading Summery (Gathering Blue) July 24‚ 2013 Plot: Kira is a girl with a twisted leg who lives in a more primitive society where people who cannot work‚ die. She has been kept alive by her mother‚ and when her mother dies‚ Kira is brought before the Council of Guardians. Kira’s life is spared when she proves she can weave very well‚ and she is assigned to the task of fixing up the robe worn by the singer whose only job is to sing the story of human civilization
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE MEANING Active voice/passive voice Writing that uses the forms of verbs which create a direct relationship between the subject and the object. Active voice is lively and more direct. Eg. ‘We had fun’ is written in the active voice; ‘Fun was had’ is written in the passive voice. Alliteration The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. It is used to produce sound that adds to the atmosphere or mood of the words‚ or perhaps
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Common Information Security Threats CMGT 400 August 29‚ 2014 Common Information Security Threats Information is what keeps this seemingly chaotic world functioning systematically. Not so long ago‚ information was physically present‚ printed or written on papers. To convey important information or messages‚ we used letters that took some time to reach its destination. Once our civilization invented and learned how to use electricity to store and send information‚ we never stopped since. Most
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TMA01 Sociology City Road PG1 Drawing on what you have learned about City Road‚ outline some of the inequalities on a street that you know. The streets of our cities often tell us more about our society than we expect‚ they show how people and objects interact with each other in order to make a community. In this assignment I am going to look at similarities and differences between the inequalities of city road in Cardiff and the Lisburn Road in Belfast. Inequalities are the social resources
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BURLIN WALL Imagine living in a place where there was a wall preventing families to go to a better place‚ where people couldn’t be what they want or say what they want… the only thing that was holding them back was a wall. A wall that held bombs‚ barbed wire‚ dogs‚ and men armed and ready to shoot. In 1961‚ that’s exactly what happened. The German Democratic Republic put the wall up to surround all of West Berlin to where no one could get in and only the west side could go out.. Before the wall‚ West
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